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Colorado Avalanche at Buffalo Sabres

Feb 11, 2018 · KeyBank Center

Team Goals Shots
Colorado Avalanche 5 27
Buffalo Sabres 4 32

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
00:43 COL Alexander Kerfoot (13) Colin Wilson (9), Nikita Zadorov (11) 1 - 0
07:57 BUF Benoit Pouliot (11) SH Ryan O'Reilly (22) 1 - 1
09:19 COL Matt Nieto (10) SH Unassisted 2 - 1
2nd Period
01:07 COL Colin Wilson (5) Gabriel Landeskog (22) 3 - 1
13:15 BUF Casey Nelson (1) SH Ryan O'Reilly (23), Justin Falk (1) 3 - 2
3rd Period
03:05 COL Tyson Jost (5) PP Tyson Barrie (26), Mikko Rantanen (35) 4 - 2
07:03 COL Gabriel Bourque (5) Anton Lindholm (2) 5 - 2
12:14 BUF Ryan O'Reilly (17) PP Kyle Okposo (24), Rasmus Ristolainen (21) 5 - 3
17:08 BUF Evander Kane (18) Unassisted 5 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
06:45 BUF Jordan Nolan High sticking 2
08:57 COL Team Too many men on the ice 2
15:52 BUF Marco Scandella Slashing 2
17:42 BUF Scott Wilson High sticking 2
17:42 COL Team Delaying game bench face off violation 2
2nd Period
03:20 COL Nikita Zadorov Holding 2
06:34 BUF Jacob Josefson Holding 2
08:40 COL Tyson Barrie Slashing 2
11:45 BUF Jordan Nolan Holding 2
3rd Period
02:34 BUF Johan Larsson Boarding 2
10:42 COL A.J. Greer Interference 2
12:06 COL Carl Soderberg Hooking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Colorado Avalanche 50 40 27 5 2.6 40.6
Buffalo Sabres 58 51 33 4 2.6 59.4

How the game went

10505Start2nd3rdBuffalo Sabres aheadColorado Avalanche ahead

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Buffalo Sabres had taken more, and below it and blue while Colorado Avalanche had.

Expected goals

Colorado Avalanche: 2.6 expected, 5 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.6 expected, 4 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndCOL goal, 0:43 of 1st, a 13% chanceCOL goal, 9:19 of 1st, a 12% chanceCOL goal, 1:07 of 2nd, a 5% chanceCOL goal, 3:05 of 3rd, a 30% chanceCOL goal, 7:03 of 3rd, a 27% chanceBUF goal, 7:57 of 1st, a 31% chanceBUF goal, 13:15 of 2nd, a 15% chanceBUF goal, 12:14 of 3rd, a 8% chanceBUF goal, 17:08 of 3rd, a 2% chanceBUF 2.6COL 2.6

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

Where the attempts came from

Colorado Avalanche
Buffalo Sabres

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

Colorado Avalanche

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
J.T. Compher · Mikko Rantanen · Tyson Jost10:3135.325.00-0
Colin Wilson · Gabriel Landeskog · Alexander Kerfoot8:2633.336.72-0
Carl Soderberg · Gabriel Bourque · Matt Nieto7:0233.349.60-0
Nail Yakupov · Dominic Toninato · A.J. Greer4:0660.0100.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Erik Johnson · Nikita Zadorov9:1322.228.30-0
Patrik Nemeth · Samuel Girard6:3822.236.10-0
Tyson Barrie · Anton Lindholm5:5157.156.02-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
22 Colin Wilson C 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 13:16 0.05 6-10 0.23-0.47
14 Alexander Kerfoot C 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 14:45 0.13 8-9 0.53-0.37
17 Tyson Jost C 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 18:43 0.42 6-14 0.08-0.39
57 Gabriel Bourque L 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 15:18 0.36 9-12 0.68-0.38
83 Matt Nieto L 1 0 1 2 0 4 0 16:05 0.36 7-12 0.52-0.38
8 Tyson Barrie D 0 1 1 1 2 4 0 19:00 0.31 15-14 0.73-0.76
54 Anton Lindholm D 0 1 1 3 0 2 3 14:51 0.04 13-13 0.84-0.65
91 Nikita Zadorov D 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 17:34 8-15 0.32-0.42
92 Gabriel Landeskog L 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 17:50 0.16 6-9 0.24-0.42
96 Mikko Rantanen R 0 1 1 -1 0 4 0 19:22 0.27 8-12 0.10-0.30
2 Patrik Nemeth D 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 20:48 6-11 0.14-0.14
6 Erik Johnson D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 26:31 0.03 7-13 0.11-0.31
18 A.J. Greer L 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 06:04 0.03 5-4 0.05-0.12
25 Dominic Toninato C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 08:06 0.02 5-7 0.17-0.32
34 Carl Soderberg C 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 18:23 0.11 6-10 0.25-0.24
37 J.T. Compher L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 21:08 0.16 8-12 0.10-0.30
49 Samuel Girard D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 13:54 0.07 4-9 0.07-0.13
64 Nail Yakupov R 0 0 0 -2 0 1 1 07:11 0.04 3-4 0.02-0.09
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
45 Jonathan Bernier W 32 28 4 59:39 2.64 -1.36

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jason Pominville · Ryan O'Reilly · Evander Kane8:3962.572.90-0
Scott Wilson · Sam Reinhart · Evan Rodrigues7:3570.085.10-0
Benoit Pouliot · Kyle Okposo · Johan Larsson3:340.00.00-2
Benoit Pouliot · Jacob Josefson · Jordan Nolan2:440.00.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Marco Scandella · Casey Nelson9:0861.138.80-0
Justin Falk · Victor Antipin6:2966.794.50-0
Justin Falk · Nathan Beaulieu4:0266.768.80-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 1 2 3 2 0 5 0 26:48 0.41 14-7 0.44-0.14
8 Casey Nelson D 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 19:17 0.35 15-9 0.39-0.24
67 Benoit Pouliot L 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 12:39 0.31 2-7 0.04-0.41
91 Evander Kane L 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 21:44 0.12 14-6 0.45-0.13
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 1 1 -3 0 2 2 16:34 0.08 3-8 0.09-0.62
42 Justin Falk D 0 1 1 2 0 2 1 15:30 0.03 16-8 0.55-0.14
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 1 1 -3 0 1 2 23:48 0.07 5-6 0.18-0.49
6 Marco Scandella D 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 25:10 0.04 17-11 0.35-0.53
10 Jacob Josefson C 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 07:07 0.02 6-3 0.27-0.04
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 19:37 0.05 17-6 0.53-0.08
17 Evan Rodrigues C 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 19:22 0.33 18-9 0.58-0.24
20 Scott Wilson C 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 11:27 0.22 14-8 0.46-0.10
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 -3 2 0 0 11:27 2-8 0.02-0.62
28 Nathan Beaulieu D 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 13:32 0.06 12-11 0.48-0.50
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 11:16 0.02 7-5 0.22-0.39
29 Jason Pominville R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 16:01 0.28 13-8 0.41-0.28
71 Jordan Nolan C 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 06:39 0.13 4-3 0.19-0.05
93 Victor Antipin D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:02 0.06 11-7 0.51-0.18
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
90 Robin Lehner L 27 22 5 56:29 2.63 -2.37